Dental Leadership Network focuses on developing the whole dental team

Leaders from across dentistry met to discuss the challenges facing the dental sector at the second Dental Leadership Network event, in London, on March 9, 2023.

Children’s hospital unable to hire dentists due to recruitment crisis

World-famous children’s hospital, Great Ormand Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH), have been unable to recruit paediatric dental consultants for at least two years. A new report by Health...

Dentists could be offered “financial incentives” to relocate

BBC News has reported that dentists could be offered “financial incentives” to relocate to parts of north Northumberland in an effort to increase capacity.

The "Love Island look": Dentist addresses the rise in ‘Turkey teeth’

John Hewittt, a dentist from Leeds, has released comments to Leeds Live stating that programs such as Love Island and social media are leading to a dramatic rise in patients requesting "teeth like...

Taking control of your career journey

Fazeela Khan-Osborne celebrates the training opportunities available for women in dentistry.

Chronic joint pain and gum disease linked, suggests new research

Vicky Yao, a computational biologist at Rice University, discovered the link when she found traces of bacteria associated with periodontal disease in samples collected from rheumatoid...

Rethinking accessibility: Initiative aims to make oral care more inclusive

Oral-B, a leading innovator in oral health, is on a mission to change this with the launch of The Big Rethink, its social ambition to ensure that everybody has an equitable oral care experience -...

Physical activity and tailored support fails to deliver lasting benefits for smokers not ready to quit

Research suggests that after nine months, physical activity delivers no noticeable benefits in the rates of people stopping smoking. The Trial of physical Activity and Reduction of Smoking (TARS)...

MPs call on the government to reinstate No Smoking Day funding

MPs, charities and health organisations are coming together this No Smoking Day (March 8) to call for action on tobacco harm. It comes alongside a warning to smokers that their chances of developing...

Survey indicates half of dentists have cut back on NHS work

The exodus of dentists from the NHS is continuing at a pace but going unseen in official figures, according to new survey evidence from the British Dental Association. 

Dentists in the frontline to check for heart conditions

Dentists and students at Newcastle Dental Hospital will soon be monitoring their patients to see if they have an often-undiagnosed heart condition - as well as tending to their teeth.

Skills academy opens in Perth

Clyde Munro, Scotland’s leading dental group, has officially opened its state-of-the-art Advanced Dentistry and Clinical Skills Centre in Perth, in partnership with Dentsply Sirona, the world’s...